Caenorhabditis elegans as an alternative model to study senescence of host defense and the prevention by immunonutrition

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 710, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-27

  Komura, Tomomi ^a   Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Hoshino, Kaori ^a   Shibamura, Ayumi ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNONUTRITION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LEGIONELLA; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLOSIS; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LONGEVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84555187049     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5638-5_3     Document Type: Article

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